Coiffe en plumes
R. D. Congo, Mangbetu
Vendu
500 €
Taille
H: 18 / 23 cm
H: 18 / 9.1 inch
Description
straw, feathers,
Relatively high hat made of straw wickerwork. The upper end quadrangular flattened and densely covered with chicken feathers. In the centre above the forehead a rosette of red parrot feathers.
The hat is held in place with bone needles and may be adorned with feathers.
This type of hat occurs in a great number of variations in a wide contiguous area of notheastern Congo among Makere, Malele, Mamvu, Mangbele, Mangbetu, Mayogo, Meegye, Bari, Budu and Zande.